Sonographic diagnosis of fetal vascular rings in early pregnancy.
The use of transvaginal ultrasound enabled the detection of a fetal vascular ring as early as 14 to 16 weeks' gestation. Six fetuses with this anomaly were found in a study group of 5,896 pregnancies.
Bronshtein
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Lorber
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A
Berant
M
M
Auslander
R
R
Zimmer
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D015995:Prevalence; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014132:Trachea / Q000098:blood supply*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal